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A commission

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2016/08/21
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I am not very good at taking commissions but I am trying to be more professional about it. I have to accept that people will want to order watercolours that are personal to them and not me. This painting of a house in Ploubazlanec in Brittany, France is a good example. It is not my dream house but it is special to my client who ordered it.

You can also see my new studio layout. I have have placed a screen over my desk which makes sketching from photographic references much easier as it is right in front of me now.

A privateer's house in Ploubazlanec, Brittany — A privateer once lived here

Leonard Cohen

I want to paint your portrait Leonard

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2016/08/08
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Someday I will paint a good portrait of Leonard Cohen. I am a fan of his poetry and music but most of all, I just like Leonard’s personality.

Tags Leonard Cohen, music, poetry, portraits

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Migrating from Blogger today

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2016/08/03
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A plein air watercolour sketch of Nybrokajen, central Stockholm. 20160801

I’ve had a blog on Blogger.com for years but I’ve had enough. I feel totally uninspired, Google are not supporting it anymore. I can’t even publish my art via the Blogger app on the iPhone.
So this is the day I move and I hope that I will get inspired again and blog more often. I’d love to post everyday, maybe I will. Let’s see if I do!

Sketch Watercolour

Another ferry.

Stockholm ferry watercolour — Ferry at Nybroplan, Stockholm

This Stockholm ferry I painted plein air at Nybroplan, where many of the boats stop to drop off and pick up passengers.

Sketch

Stockholm Ferries

I have a thing for ferries at the moment. Many of the boats that are working everyday of the year are over 100 years old. The Waxholmsbolaget has 3 boats, the Nörrskar, the Storskär and the Västan. This sketch is of the Nörrskar.

Watercolour

The view from Carlingford

Carlingford, Ireland. The view of the north shore, Northern Ireland.
50 x 32,5 cm Arches rough 300g

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Warren Point Northern Ireland

Post author By meldrum
Post date 2016/07/05
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Watercolour of Warren Point — Warren Point

I had spent one week with two Swedish friends in Omeath, Co. Louth just south of the border with Northern Ireland. The painting is of Warren Point which on the other side of the water looking north.
50 x 32.5 cm Arches rough 300g.

David Meldrum Watercolour

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland may not be the best place on the planet for compassion for other beliefs or cultures but they do have beautiful coastlines thankfully. This sketch was painted in a new sketchbook that has Saunders 300g, I think it’s bound by the art store where I bought it. I really like it. 🙂

lunchtime Watercolour

A lunchtime watercolour

Watercolour of Swedish summer — Painting of Swedish summer

I have gotten out of the habit of blogging, I have to admit I am more focused on just painting. Google doesn’t seem to support Blogger anymore so I’m thinking of moving to WordPress in the future. I would like to post more, just spontaneously putting things on the blog. Google doesn’t have an app for Blogger anymore on iPhones, that’s sad.
The painting of Swedish summer was started during a lunch break and finished in the evening.